The following item, seen on H-Swahili, is apparently a letter to the editor in the Daily Nation in response to Rasna Warah's column. One note about the mention...
The International Language Day is to be celebrated at the University of Ibadan on the 21st of February, 2007. The Guest Lecturer is Professor Kola Owolabi. ...
Thanks Lawrence. This is interesting news - glad to hear that this international event will be observed at the University of Ibadan. It would be great to hear...
This column from the Lagos paper, Daily Champion, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200701310265.html Nigeria: Thoughts On Babs Fafunwa...
This column from the Abuja paper, Daily Trust, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702020625.html . Part of the column seems to put...
This column from the Windhoek paper, The Namibian, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200701190128.html . In discussing larger issues of...
The following quote by the president of Benin, Thomas Yayi Boni, may be of interest (rough English translation follows): "Le continent africain n'est pas...
See http://kasahorow.org/iso-639/1. For reference if anyone needs such a sub-list. ISO-639-1 are the 2-letter language codes for languages. paa.kwesi -- ...
Hi Paa Kwesi, Thank you for this information. It would also be good to reference the official page of the "Registration authority" (.RA) for this part of ...
Excellent point Don. I've updated the page with the links. This is just the older 639-1 list pruned of non-African languages. The 639-2 and 639-3 versions of...
The following item relating to International Mother Language Day (today!) was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702210050.html ... DZO ...
Apparently the "Year of African Languages" was offset a half year, to run from July 2006 through June 2007. I only recently learned of this, and am looking for...
We are currently recruiting African writers who aim to take part in this event and will get back to the group about the date. Please let them know that we are...
The following item was seen on the AfricAvenir.com site at http://africavenir.com/news/2007/02/1114/exposition-de-215-livres-en-81-langues-camerounaises . A...
The following column from the Kigali paper, The New Times, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702210967.html . This is one of several...
The following article from the Kigali paper, The New Times, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702210967.html . On the topic of...
The following column from the Nairobi paper, The East African Standard, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702260766.html ... DZO ...
The following column from the Yaoundé paper, Cameroon Tribune, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702220371.html ... DZO Cameroon:...
The following article from the Yaoundé paper, Cameroon Tribune, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702210749.html ... DZO Cameroon:...
The following column from the Harare paper, The Herald, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200703070130.html . Here's a key observation...
The following column from the Port Louis (Mauritius) paper, L'Express, was seen on AllAfrica.com at http://allafrica.com/stories/200702201537.html . Here's a...